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however, i will add that race is really in our national dna in a way that religion kind of isn't, and certainly not head shape, which was also important. >> hinojosa: okay, so when you say, "it's in our dna as a country"... >> mm-hmm? >> hinojosa: ...what does that... what does that mean? >> well, one of our great values is freedom, and freedom makes sense with its opposite, slavery. >> hinojosa: slavery. >> and so slavery is kind of a foundation. slavery was at its greatest in the united states in the 18th and 19th centuries, and our country was founded in the late 18th century, so it's all in there together in terms of time and history. >> hinojosa: because basically, to be white came to be what it is to be an american... >> it came to be what it means to be free. >> hinojosa: to be free... >> yes. >> hinojosa: ...and that meant that you had to have blacks who were not free or people of color who were not free. >> yeah. >> hinojosa: but it also... >> no, it's s e other way around. you have... you mark blackness as "slave"... >> hinojosa: as slavery. >> ...and then what's left as whi
however, i will add that race is really in our national dna in a way that religion kind of isn't, and certainly not head shape, which was also important. >> hinojosa: okay, so when you say, "it's in our dna as a country"... >> mm-hmm? >> hinojosa: ...what does that... what does that mean? >> well, one of our great values is freedom, and freedom makes sense with its opposite, slavery. >> hinojosa: slavery. >> and so slavery is kind of a foundation....
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hinojosa: he burst onto the international jazz scene as the youngest member of dizzy gillespie's united nations orchestra. 20 years later, his signature pan-american sound continues to revolutionize contemporary jazz. innovative pianist, composer, and humanitarian danilo perez. i'm maria hinojosa. this is one on one. wow, how beautiful, danilo perez. thank you for joining us. >> it's a pleasure to be here. >> hinojosa: some people might not know your name, but u are a grammy award winning musician, composer. you head up the berklee college of music global jazz institute. >> yes. >> hinojosa: you head up the panamanian jazz festival that you created. you live in boston. >> yes. >> hinojosa: and you give so much back in terms of your music to the world. it's really an honor to have you here. >> it's my honor, too. >> hinojosa: when people think about jazz, sometimes they think it's a solid american traditional music. you grew up in panama, and in fact, panama and jazz, there's a lo htory there. i mean, you're panamanian, latin jazz, but this is not new, right? >> yes. actually, there has been a s
hinojosa: he burst onto the international jazz scene as the youngest member of dizzy gillespie's united nations orchestra. 20 years later, his signature pan-american sound continues to revolutionize contemporary jazz. innovative pianist, composer, and humanitarian danilo perez. i'm maria hinojosa. this is one on one. wow, how beautiful, danilo perez. thank you for joining us. >> it's a pleasure to be here. >> hinojosa: some people might not know your name, but u are a grammy award...
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the military field, our global zero initiative in fact is comprised of former heads of state, former national securitadvirs, defense... military commanders, as well as faith leaders and students and people representing all sectors of society. but the original architects of nuclear programs in many of the... for example, the developed countries, as well as, we've heard, from the indians and the pakistanis, all agree that nuclear weapons pose far more danger to all of us today than can protect any country. in fact, the nuclear states, the developed countries that have nuclear weapons, a country like the united states, is more in danger, is mora target today of loose nuclear materials than it can protect itself, because it can't protect itself with nuclear weapons from nuclear terrorists. >> hinojosa: your majesty queen noor, for all of that work, for informing us, for being such a humanitarian and such an honest, wonderful woman, thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you, maria. >> hinojosa: continue the conversation at wgbh.org/oneonone.
the military field, our global zero initiative in fact is comprised of former heads of state, former national securitadvirs, defense... military commanders, as well as faith leaders and students and people representing all sectors of society. but the original architects of nuclear programs in many of the... for example, the developed countries, as well as, we've heard, from the indians and the pakistanis, all agree that nuclear weapons pose far more danger to all of us today than can protect...
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but those decisions were resulting in me having a great career as an engineer at lawrence livermore national lab. and so the consolation prize to me, i kept trying, because my career was going in a great trajectory. the formula i was using was helping my personal career. and so the consolation was, what's the worst that's going to happen? i'm going to be a great engineer, which isn't too shabby. >> hinojosa: no, not at all. >> on the other hand, this is what i tell the kids, is you have to be careful if you want to be a professional soccer player, professional baseball player, what's the fallback position? my fallback position is i'm an engineer, and i'm going to have a great career as an engineer. they need to have fallback and make sure they get a good education. >> hinojosa: right, but you also basically say if you knew how long it was going to take and what you needed to do and all the studying, you might have walked away. sometimes... do you feel that sometimes young kids, particularly latino kids, kids of color, sometimes close the doors on themselves? although, of course, when they se
but those decisions were resulting in me having a great career as an engineer at lawrence livermore national lab. and so the consolation prize to me, i kept trying, because my career was going in a great trajectory. the formula i was using was helping my personal career. and so the consolation was, what's the worst that's going to happen? i'm going to be a great engineer, which isn't too shabby. >> hinojosa: no, not at all. >> on the other hand, this is what i tell the kids, is you...
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i mean their first national record. but the other young people, like the shirelles, whoever, were all together. and i was on the road with clyde mcphatter and ben e. king. everybody was at least six years older than me, six to 15 years older than me. >> hinojosa: so bettye, here you are, you're a teenager, you're singing about your man, and you've got this voice that you yourself have said it's gruff, it's harsh. what was going on for you as a kid at that time? because you're like... you want to just be a big star, right? >> yes. and i thought that i was going to be one. i... you know, soon after i got on the road with the adults, then i started to feel like an adult, and it was okay then after that that i wasn't able to be a little girl on television. i still had dreams of shirley temple in my head when i started. but it was... i never really had the real desire to be a child. so it was... my mother said she talked baby talk to me to try and get me to talk baby talk, she said, but i always talked just like this, and i
i mean their first national record. but the other young people, like the shirelles, whoever, were all together. and i was on the road with clyde mcphatter and ben e. king. everybody was at least six years older than me, six to 15 years older than me. >> hinojosa: so bettye, here you are, you're a teenager, you're singing about your man, and you've got this voice that you yourself have said it's gruff, it's harsh. what was going on for you as a kid at that time? because you're like... you...